Gultekin Murat, Sarılar Ayse Caglar, Ekinci Ayten, Erturk Gozde, Mirza Meral
Department of Neurology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
Department of Biostatistics, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
Parkinsons Dis. 2017;2017:2652361. doi: 10.1155/2017/2652361. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
. Only a few studies have been conducted to determine the level of knowledge among caregivers about Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of the current study was to determine the knowledge of PD among caregivers at a movement disorder clinic in Turkey. . We conducted a questionnaire based interview with the subjects in a tertiary care neurology facility in Turkey. The questions were divided into two parts covering the symptomatology and treatment of PD. A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions was applied to the subjects who had to mark the correct option in a stipulated time. . Eighty caregivers were included in the study. The caregivers' mean age was 47.94 years (SD = 12.40). There were 47 female caregivers (58.8%). The most well-known question was that the number of drugs given to the patient may vary with time (76.3%), whereas "the benefit noted in the patient's treatment decreases over time" was the least known question (11.3%). . This study is the first in our country and shows the necessity to increase the knowledge of PD among caregivers and the public. Education programs may have a positive role in imparting knowledge to the caregivers of PD patients.
仅有少数研究旨在确定护理人员对帕金森病（PD）的知识水平。本研究的目的是确定土耳其一家运动障碍诊所中护理人员对PD的了解情况。
我们在土耳其一家三级护理神经科机构对受试者进行了问卷调查式访谈。问题分为两部分，涵盖PD的症状学和治疗。一份由10个问题组成的问卷被应用于受试者，他们必须在规定时间内选出正确选项。
80名护理人员参与了该研究。护理人员的平均年龄为47.94岁（标准差 = 12.40）。有47名女性护理人员（58.8%）。最广为人知的问题是给患者的药物数量可能随时间变化（76.3%），而“患者治疗中观察到的益处随时间减少”是知晓率最低的问题（11.3%）。
本研究在我国尚属首次，表明有必要提高护理人员及公众对PD的认识。教育项目可能在向PD患者护理人员传授知识方面发挥积极作用。
